Transactional Discourse Preference

Transactional Discourse is language that serves primarily in the expression of content.

Interactional Discourse is language involved in expressing social relations and personal attitudes.

Since most college and university ESL classes train their student population for further mainstream coursework and professional training, the language of particular focus is academic English with heavy emphasis on content.

Patterns and norms of Interactional Discourse are largely left up to the students to discover on their own.

The US Conversation Solution

Let’s Get Real

The idea is rather simple: if we want our learners to succeed in real life conversations, we need to expose them to - and provide plenty of practice in - identifying and interpreting patterns of casual authentic conversation.

All of our videos are of real, unscripted conversations with native speakers of American English.

Guided Comprehension: Even though authentic conversations can be difficult for students, learners in our program are given immediate feedback and are supported every step of the way.